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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

– Good news! The Supreme Court deadlocked on allowed the first-ever taxpayer-funded religious charter school in Oklahoma. (0:20)

– Liberty University paid Jerry Falwell, Jr. $15 million to make him—and his lawsuits—disappear. (10:45)

– Trump admin drops $37.7M fine against Christian school that lied about tuition. (26:17)

– After a decade, a Florida city has finally given up defending an illegal prayer vigil. (36:50)

– Indicted megachurch pastor Robert Morris abused a kid. Now he's suing for retirement pay. (53:13)

– Texas Senate passes bill to force Christian date labels (B.C. and A.D.) in public schools. (1:06:37)

– Appeals court: Southwest's lawyers don't have to go through right-wing "religious freedom" training. (1:14:35)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

– There’s a new pope! (0:10)

– Jehovah’s Witnesses are suing a reporter for "wiretapping"—after inviting him on the call. (5:45)

– Conservative Christian pastor Josh Buice trolled himself out of power. (22:16)

– Despite credible misconduct allegations, Christian radio host returns to ministry. (39:03)

– Kentucky cops are paying Christian ministries to train their dogs at Ark Encounter. (1:04:49)

– How Ethnos360 turned its back on abuse victims... again. (1:15:30)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

– Trump Justice Dept. sides with Catholic Church to fight law requiring priests to report abuse. (0:49)

– "How much God do you need?" School board member slams invocation plan. (18:00)

– Pickleball over people? NJ town moves to seize church and block homeless shelter. (44:05)

– Texas lawmakers want a month-long celebration of God's promises in the Bible. (1:10:00)

– A curriculum coup: Oklahoma Republicans allow right-wing rewrite of history. (1:13:13)

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